List of Contributions

(cross posting on behalf of Elizabeth Brumfield) Announcing the new ALA EDI Assembly! At the 2020 Midwinter Meeting, the ALA Executive Board charged the ODLOS Advisory Committee with creating an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Assembly.  The purpose of this EDI Assembly is to provide a forum ...

PLA has recently made available links to the EDISJ Task Force's columns and articles featured  in Public Libraries Magazine.  EDISJ Matters Column-The Movement Toward Equity – Jan/Feb 2020 Issue of Public Libraries Magazine EDISJ Matters Column – Hire EDISJ - Mar/Apr 2020 Issue ...

projectConnect With the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, education (both K-12 and collegiate programs) has shifted to online distance learning, where students must have access to the Internet to complete assignments. Historically, students who do not have access to reliable Internet use public facilities ...

Racial Equity During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic May 21, 2020 / 2:30PM-3:30PM ET A live conversation with National Low Income Housing Coalition's Diane Yentel and bestselling author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi Join Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, one of America's foremost historians and leading antiracist voices, ...

You are cordially invited to participate in a webinar on April 3, 1-2:15 EST to learn about how Providence Public Library, Chicago Public Library, and Los Angeles Public Library have partnered on a project, "Propagating Promising Practices", funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) ...

Greetings Digital Literacy hive mind! I am posting this query on behalf of Courtney Mellor, please reach out directly to her if you can help in any way! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hello! My name ...

Greetings! We've just published our latest course addition to digitallearn.org, "Using Healthcare.gov to Enroll in Health Insurance"! Learn the basics of how to enroll in health insurance using  healthcare.gov . This course looks at the process of determining eligibility, preparing to enroll, creating ...

RUSA is seeking nominations for its annual series of achievement awards and grants. Nominations and supporting materials for most awards must be submitted by Dec. 4, 2015. RUSA encourages members to nominate their colleagues whose work has influenced their thinking and performance and whose contributions ...